BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball guard Camron Justice has been granted an additional year of eligibility from the NCAA and will be eligible to play immediately.
Justice, who last played for the Hilltoppers in 2019-20, has been working for WKU Athletics as a graduate assistant in basketball academics.
The 6-foot-3 native of Hindman, Ky., appeared in 27 games with 18 starts for WKU in 2019-20 after transferring from IUPUI as a graduate student. He averaged 10.1 points and 1.4 assists per game, while making 48 3-pointers.
Justice averaged 18.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.3 steals per game as a redshirt junior at IUPUI. He was named to the All-Horizon League second team after making 90 of 256 3-pointers and 135 of 158 free throws. Justice was ranked third in the Horizon in scoring and was among the league's top 10 in 3-pointers made, assists, steals, free throws made, free-throw percentage and minutes played.
He opened his collegiate career at Vanderbilt, appearing in seven games as a sophomore before transferring at the close of the fall semester. He appeared in 27 games a true freshman in 2015-16 while averaging 3.3 points and shooting 38.9 percent from long range.
Out of Knott County Central High School, Justice was rated a four-star prospect by ESPN and was named both Kentucky Mr. Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year in 2015. He led his team to three straight Sweet 16 appearances and averaged 28.5 points per game as a senior. He finished his prep career ranked third in Kentucky high school history in career points (3,588) and made 3-pointers (393).
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